Flattening the curve of new publications on COVID-19

Correspondence to Alexandre Balaphas, Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; alexandre.balaphas@unige.ch In order to respond to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) pandemic, all fields of medical and biologi...

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Published in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2020-09, Vol.74 (9), p.766-767
Main Authors: Balaphas, Alexandre, Gkoufa, Kyriaki, Daly, Marie-Josée, de Valence, Timothée
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Coronaviridae
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Growth rate
Humans
Keywords
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
PostScript
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Surgery
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Summary:Correspondence to Alexandre Balaphas, Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; alexandre.balaphas@unige.ch In order to respond to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) pandemic, all fields of medical and biological sciences are working to improve the understanding of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Abundance of information can also be confusing for healthcare practitioners and governments. 1 Moreover, redundancy in COVID-19 trials could lead to lost time and energy for research teams, scientific journals and reviewers. 2 In order to explore this phenomenon, we used the Medline database to assess the occurrence of the keyword COVID-19 along the course of the pandemic. The growth rate calculated from the raw cumulative number of deaths and publications demonstrated similar tremendous rates (figure 1B).
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech-2020-214617